Yahoo mail.
Of course, I cannot start the day without reading my mail. But I do not reply to any
mail in the morning. I have practised the habit of leaving some time to digest the
information before replying.

The Malayalam newspaper
This is my primary source of news about Kerala, India as well as the whole world.
They have a very good news update service. I suspect they have a dedicated staff
who are assigned the job of reading all newspapers all over the world and translating
stories as they happen. Believe me, sometimes stories are literally translated word
by word.

The Indian Express newspaper.
Every morning, I have a quick look at the headlines while I am having my morning
cup of tea. I am careful not to click on any news item. It pops up ad windows
and occassionally starts installing malware! I have complained to them, but no
response.

The google you cannot ignore!
Googling has become an addiction. If I have nothing to search for, I type in
Benny Raphael in the search box and examine what it returns.

The famous Slashdot
I have made it a point that I will visit this site only after 8 pm. Otherwise it takes
too much valuable time. I have stopped attempting to post stories after a few were rejected.
I have also stopped posting comments, because they never get moderated high enough for
people to read.

Yahoo finance
I go there once a day to see how my stocks are doing. Honest, I do not have lot of investment
in stocks.

Places I visit less regularly

Hotmail
I check hotmail once in about two weeks. I stopped using it when my mail box got flooded with
spam and the quote was only 2 MB. Still I check hotmail once in a while, because some of my
friends refuse to remove my hotmail address from their addressbook after repeatedly requesting
them.

Amazon store
I go there occassionally to check how my book is doing. Surprisingly it has a low rank, but
in terms of total sales it is doing OK. I assume people are buying directly from
Wiley